PlayStation 4 is the flagship console from Sony, running exclusive content as well as eSports games.

PlayStation 4 is a game console by Sony Interactive Entertainment, developed as the last innovation in the PlayStation home entertainment series and launched in November 2013. It’s an eight generation console directly competing with Microsoft’s Xbox One and Nintendo’s Wii U. The game is one of the most popular and used game consoles in the world with more than 43 million consoles sold to date.

Specifications

Sony produced a top-of-the-line gaming machine with a console featuring AMD’s x86-64 Jaguar 1.6 Ghz CPU together with a lower power processor, memory of 8GB GDDR5 and two variations of Hard drive storage – 500 GB and 1 TB. The Hard drive memory is upgradeable, as the console offers SSD support. PS4 offers HDMI display output with custom AMD GCN Radeon and five possible resolution settings including 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, and 4K. The console can theoretically achieve 1.84 teraflops which was unprecedented and still represents a top gaming experience.

Major Games and eSports

PlayStation 4 has an amazing impact on eSports and online play in general with many games being available exclusively on PS4 or played both on Xbox and PS4. Many game series such as FIFA, NHL, NBA 2K, Rainbow Six, are available for both consoles. The mainstream eSports have taken a big swing towards PS4 with games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops III completely moving the competitions to the console. While Xbox, of course, has its blockbuster series Sony has worked to get some of the anticipated titles such as Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Street Fighter V on screens, while we still await for some, like The Last Guardian and Horizon Zero Dawn.

The Reception

Sony’s PS4 was very positively reviewed as a breakthrough in next-gen gaming with amazing processing abilities, graphics, and no imposed digital rights management while holding similar pricing to its main competitors.

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The PS4 and XB1 both get the job done and are similar in so many ways. The only thing that brings the PS4 above the XB1 is that Playstation exclusives are overall better than Xbox exclusives. The Last of Us was the game that I believe really put them over the top.

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Sony has always made great consoles and its eight generation device is arguably the best. Head and shoulders above Microsoft’s Xbox One, it kept me awake at night much more often than I expected. Still, I have no regrets and I’m looking forward to see what these nifty console developers come up with next year. Meanwhile, PlayStation 4 provides me with everything I need and videogame producers pay it the respect it deserves.

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PS4 is one of the top gaming consoles out there, I truly recommend it to any new or advanced players, also you can find a huge selection of games for this console, haven't tried the PRO yet, but I guess it will take sometime until we will see all of the popular games updated to the 4K version... never the less awesome experience...